How can I recover my contacts on an iPhone?

ablake

All of my contacts on my iPhone just vanished for no apparent reason. I've never had this happen before. What can I do to get my contacts back?

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collisonpage
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1.Connect your iPhone to the computer using the supplied USB cable; if you have a Wi-Fi connection, your iPhone does not require a connection. Launch iTunes if it does not launch automatically. The iTunes software displays your iPhone on the left panel under"Devices."

 

2.Select "Restore" from Summary tab.

 

3.Decline the option to make a backup by selecting "Don't Back Up."

 

4.Select "Restore" to confirm you wish to restore your iPhone. Your last backup, including restore contacts to your iPhone from backup. Your iPhone will re-start and display the Apple logo.

 

5.Follow the steps offered by the iOS Setup Assistance for iOS 6 and later to clear the"Connect to iTunes" message. For earlier versions, leave your iPhone connected via your USB or Wi-Fi until the message "iPhone is activated" appears.

jimlynch
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You might want to try syncing to iTunes or iCloud to see if they are replaced. Restart or reset might also help.

Catherine Wang
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Just follower the below YouTube video to recover your vanished contacts in iPhone: http://youtu.be/0ykqvfL3hj0

owen
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Try a restart and if that doesn't work, try a reset (home + on/off and hold both for about 10 seconds until the Apple logo shows up). Most of the time that will take care of it. If it doesn't, you might want to try to use iCloud back up to restore the data.  http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4859

Fashion Ladies
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There are two ways to Recover contacts from iPhone:

1. Directly scan and recover contacts from iPhone

a) Connect your iPhone to the computer

b) Enter DFU mode and scan iPhone

c) Preview and recover iPhone contacts

 

2. Scan and extract iTunes backup to recover iPhone contacts

a) Scan your iTunes backup for iPhone 5/4S

b) Preview and recover iPhone contacts

c) Do backup well

 

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